welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines — at least six people are killed, after a gunman opens fire on an independence day parade near chicago. police name a possible suspect. a person of interest has been identified. his name is robert "bobby" e crimo iii. president putin orders his forces to push on with their offensive in eastern ukraine, after seizing control of the entire luhansk region. wet weather is expected to ease in and around sydney, but the threat of flash

flooding remains. and the tiny islands off the coast of england that are banning visitors, to try and stop the spread of bird flu. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's eight in the morning in singapore, and seven in the evening in chicago. i want to bring you some breaking news now. we are getting reports that police are reported to have arrested a person of interest in connection with the killing of six people at an independence day parade in highland park. you will remember earlier they released the identity of the man they were searching for. we can hear more from the police now. a, can hear more from the police now. ~ , can hear more from the police now. �* , , ., ., can hear more from the police now. ~ , ., , can hear more from the police now. , ., , now. a person of interest has been identified. _

now. a person of interest has been identified. his - now. a person of interest has been identified. his name - now. a person of interest has been identified. his name is. been identified. his name is robert "bobby" e crimo iii. he is 22 years of age. he is believed to be driving a 2010 silver honda fit vehicle, licence plate illinois d m 80653. ., ., , licence plate illinois d m 80653. ., ., ., 80653. that was from a little earlier. but _ 80653. that was from a little earlier. butjust _ 80653. that was from a little earlier. butjust to _ 80653. that was from a little earlier. butjust to remind i 80653. that was from a little l earlier. butjust to remind you of the breaking line is we are getting at this hour. police are reported to have arrested a person of interest in connection with the killing of six people at an independence day parade in highland park. 0ur correspondent nomia iqbal explains what happened in highland park. independence day parade had just started. americans in this wealthy chicago suburb were out in the sunshine, celebrating

the day their country became an independent nation. fire the day their country became an independent nation.— independent nation. are you kiddinu independent nation. are you kidding me _ independent nation. are you kidding me right _ independent nation. are you kidding me right now? - independent nation. are you kidding me right now? ten l kidding me right now? ten minutes then, _ kidding me right now? ten minutes then, shots - kidding me right now? ten minutes then, shots rang out. there was confusion and panic. people moved quickly for safety. gunfire i remember hearing shootings, going _ i remember hearing shootings, going like... and then reloading and then again. and people — reloading and then again. and people screaming and running. i people screaming and running. thought it people screaming and running. i thought it was the navy that was saluting _ thought it was the navy that was saluting the _ thought it was the navy that was saluting the flag - thought it was the navy that was saluting the flag with i thought it was the navy that i was saluting the flag with the rifles, — was saluting the flag with the rifles, but _ was saluting the flag with the rifles, but then _ was saluting the flag with the rifles, but then when - was saluting the flag with the rifles, but then when i- was saluting the flag with the rifles, but then when i saw. rifles, but then when i saw peoriie _ rifles, but then when i saw people running, _ rifles, but then when i saw people running, i- rifles, but then when i saw people running, i picked. rifles, but then when i saw| people running, i picked up rifles, but then when i saw- people running, i picked up my son, _ people running, i picked up my son, and — people running, i picked up my son, and i_ people running, i picked up my son, and i started _ people running, i picked up my son, and i started running, - son, and i started running, they— son, and i started running, they started _ son, and i started running, they started shooting - son, and i started running, i they started shooting again, and then_ they started shooting again, and then we _ they started shooting again, and then we rang _ they started shooting again, and then we rang behind - they started shooting again, j and then we rang behind the building _ and then we rang behind the building and— and then we rang behind the building and i— and then we rang behind the building and i put— and then we rang behind the building and i put my- and then we rang behind the building and i put my son. building and i put my son in the dumpster. _ building and i put my son in the dumpster. i— building and i put my son in the dumpster. i went- building and i put my son in the dumpster. i went back, | the dumpster. i went back, there were _ the dumpster. i went back, there were a _ the dumpster. i went back, there were a few— the dumpster. i went back, there were a few people i the dumpster. i went back, i there were a few people shot the dumpster. i went back, - there were a few people shot on there were a few people shot on the ground, _ there were a few people shot on the ground, there _ there were a few people shot on the ground, there was _ there were a few people shot on the ground, there was a - there were a few people shot on the ground, there was a little i the ground, there was a little boy that _ the ground, there was a little boy that was _ the ground, there was a little boy that was in _ the ground, there was a little boy that was in one _ the ground, there was a little boy that was in one of- boy that was in one of the police _ boy that was in one of the police officer's— boy that was in one of the police officer's arms, - boy that was in one of the police officer's arms, and| boy that was in one of the - police officer's arms, and that was _ police officer's arms, and that was the — police officer's arms, and that was the worst _ police officer's arms, and that was the worst experience - police officer's arms, and that. was the worst experience ever.

because — was the worst experience ever. because all— was the worst experience ever. because all i_ was the worst experience ever. because all i thought _ was the worst experience ever. because all i thought about - was the worst experience ever. | because all i thought about was my son — at least six people are dead, and dozens are in hospital. this morning at 10:14, our community was terrorised by an act of violence that has shaken us to our core. our hearts go out to the families of the victims during this devastating time. on a day that we came together to celebrate community and freedom, we're instead mourning the loss, the tragic loss of life and struggling with the terror that was brought upon us. the police found the gun, but not the gunman. 0nce once again, americans are dealing with gun violence. not a week has gone by without a mass shooting in america this year. it happens everywhere, in their schools, supermarkets, and even on independence day. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. we are getting a little bit more detail on what has happened in the past few

minutes. where police in the united states have said they have taken a suspect into custody, as we have been reporting, following the shooting at an independence day parade in that chicago suburb. now, they said, according to police, these comments are coming through, that he was being held after a brief chase. 0fficers earlier identified you will remember of course a 22—year—old male is a person of interest, and as we have been saying, at least six people were killed and more than 20 injured when the gunmen opened fire from that rooftop in highland park. —— when the gunman opened fire. we have been hearing from the us presidentjoe biden, who has been speaking about the shooting, and he made reference to it when he spoke at the white house on the 4th ofjuly speech, saying that more work would be needed to address gun control in the united states. before i left for europe, i signed a law, the first real gun safety law in 30 years.

cheering and things will get better still, but not without more hard work together. you all heard what happened today, but each day we are reminded there is nothing guaranteed about our democracy, nothing guaranteed about our way of life. we have to fight for it, defend it, and earnit to fight for it, defend it, and earn it by voting.— earn it by voting. that was president _ earn it by voting. that was president biden, - earn it by voting. that was president biden, referring| earn it by voting. that was i president biden, referring to that law that he passed, the us congress i should say, past, looking at gun control. we can hear now from the democratic governor of illinois, who gave this statement a little earlier. b. this statement a little earlier-— this statement a little earlier. �* ., ., earlier. a little while ago, i soke earlier. a little while ago, i spoke with _ earlier. a little while ago, i spoke with president - earlier. a little while ago, i spoke with president biden earlier. a little while ago, i - spoke with president biden and pledged all support the white house can provide. the president agrees with me, this madness must stop. this morning

a gunman opened fire on a july four parade in highland leaving at least 2a people in the hospital, traumatising countless children and families and shattering the peace of this community. for more on the incident, our correspondent marianna brady is in highland park. we have heard from police that the gunman is still at large. just — the gunman is still at large. just a — the gunman is still at large. just a few blocks away from an unobstructed lead on the back of a camping store and his shot from _ of a camping store and his shot from the — of a camping store and his shot from the roof of the store towards _ from the roof of the store towards the crowd. what you need — towards the crowd. what you need to — towards the crowd. what you need to know about highland park— need to know about highland park is — need to know about highland park is this is a small, close—knit community, where the 4th of— close—knit community, where the 4th ofjuly— close—knit community, where the 4th ofjuly is a very important holiday. — 4th ofjuly is a very important holiday, and it did notjust shape _ holiday, and it did notjust shape -- _ holiday, and it did notjust shape —— shake highland park to the core. — shape —— shake highland park to the core. it— shape —— shake highland park to the core, it has shaken all the surrounding suburbs and the area — surrounding suburbs and the area. they have closed down their— area. they have closed down their parades and cancelled fireworks show is close to the beaches — fireworks show is close to the beaches as this gunman is on

the loose. _ beaches as this gunman is on the loose, everyone is still very— the loose, everyone is still very terrified.— very terrified. yes, i can completely _ very terrified. yes, i can completely imagine, - very terrified. yes, i can - completely imagine, marianna, what a horrific situation on a day that should have been a day of celebration. ijust day that should have been a day of celebration. i just want to point to of course the fact this shooting comes just a month after that deadly shooting in ugalde texas, and buffalo, new york, and the statistics certainly shocked me, and i'm sure it will some of our viewers, not a week has gone by without a mass shooting in the united states this year. absolutely, and i think we are seeing —— used to seeing violence over holiday weekends, just last year in chicago there were over 100 people shotjust over 20 fatalities from their shootings. but an event of this scale at a public location, not common, but unfortunately becoming more and more commonplace in america and definitely part of a more broader culture of gun violence

in this country.— in this country. that was marianna _ in this country. that was marianna brady - in this country. that was| marianna brady speaking in this country. that was i marianna brady speaking to in this country. that was - marianna brady speaking to me a little earlier before the news that we have been bringing you the gist of the last few minutes police and the united states have said they have taken a suspect into custody. this information has been breaking in the last few minutes, just from the top of the hour or so. of course this follows that shooting at an independence day parade in a chicago suburb. i want to remind you of the information we are getting at this hour. according to police, they said he was being held after a brief chase. now, officers had earlier identified a 22—year—old male as a person of interest. we can show you some live pictures now, the scene at highland park where it is being said by police that the person of interest has been arrested. you can see there right now that there is very little in the way of pedestrian traffic or other vehicles on the scene of course. the only real action

we are seeing is in terms of the police were there at the moment. that is because you will remember that police earlier had told people in the area to stay inside, and to keep away from areas that they had identified as places where they were continuing for the search. but at this point in time, what we understand is that police have said they have taken a suspect into custody following that shooting at the independence day parade in a chicago suburb, and said he was being held after a brief chase. we will be bringing you more on this story when we get more information. moving on to other stories for you today. president putin has ordered his forces to push ahead with their offensive in eastern ukraine, after seizing control of the entire luhansk region, following the withdrawal of ukranian troops from lysychansk. russian troops are now stepping up their bombardment of cities in the donestk region, including sloviansk, where at least six people were killed over the weekend, according to the city's mayor. 0ur correspondentjonathan beale has been with ukrainian

forces as they try to counter the renewed assault. explosion. ukraine's artillery lines were still firing, even as their troops were pulling out of nearby lysychansk. it's been an organised, not a chaotic retreat, ukraine says to ensure their troops can fight another day. this unit has been relying on mostly old soviet era artillery. still waiting for more western weapons to arrive. they've helped co—ordinate the fallback from this command bunker to new lines of defence. more modern technology, like us—provided communications, has helped them target russian armour. the smoke is

from your artillery? the commander says they're making sure every round counts, but there are so many targets. listen carefully to the odds stacked against them. translation: there is at least five times more russian - artillery here than what we have, or even up to 10 times more. daily, we pinpoint up to 169 enemy positions that are active all at the same time. ukraine's forces had already left lysycha nsk when the russians walked in, claiming to be liberators. they'd surrounded the city. they're now targeting neighbouring donetsk region. this, the aftermath of their strikes on the city of sloviansk over the weekend. and this was sloviansk today. the sound of artillery getting ever closer. russia's forces are still advancing here in the donbas. they've already taken key cities and are now targeting the next line of ukraine's defences, including the city of sloviansk.

the question, outnumbered and outgunned, can ukraine's forces stop them? nearby kramatorsk has also been hit. a few months ago, when i was last here, the streets were still busy. now, they're mostly deserted. the mayor says this month could be make or break for ukraine's defence of the donbas, and he says it all depends on the west providing more heavy weapons. look, without weapons, you are not able, and you will not able to stop russians, without enough weapons, because without weapons and only with kalashnikovs, it's not possible to win. and it's not possible to stop artillery, and it's not possible to stop the missile attack we had last weekend. some western military support has arrived. more is on its way, but not yet in the quantities ukraine says it needs.

barricades of earth will do little to stop the russian advance. jonathan beale, bbc news, in the donbas. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme, wet weather is expected to ease in and around sydney but the threat of flash flooding remains. we'll be speaking to someone who has been caught up in these floods — not once, but twice. in celebration parties were

cancelled. a man entered during the downstairs window and made their way to the queen was bedroom and then asked for a cigarette and on the pretext of arranging for something to be brought, summoned a fit man on duty, who took the man away. 0ne one child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world. education is the only solution. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our main story this hour:

this is live in chicago, where a man has been arrested in connection with a shooting during a july the fourth parade. six people have been killed. turning now to australia. tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes after sydney was hit by yet more floods following extreme rains. at least one death has been reported so far due to the most recent floods. the australian city has already suffered major flooding this year after parts of eastern australia experienced months of rainfall. earlier i spoke to camden sports club director steve urqhuart, who's business has been affected by the heavy downpour. it's very tough wedding up and knowing you are going through it all again. there will be a lot of people waking up this morning and picking out their windows, wondering whether the water has risen further and more damaged because whether it's actually receded somewhat. hgppy it's actually receded somewhat. happy to say this morning very early on dawn that the emergency services are on—site again and said the water is starting to drop off a little

bit. , , ., , , starting to drop off a little bit. , , , ., starting to drop off a little bit. , , ., ., bit. give us a sense of how it is possible — bit. give us a sense of how it is possible to _ bit. give us a sense of how it is possible to operate - bit. give us a sense of how it is possible to operate a - bit. give us a sense of how it. is possible to operate a sports club like yours, for instance, during the sorts of floods and what you are doing or what you've done in the past to prepare for this sort of flooding. prepare for this sort of flooding-— prepare for this sort of floodinu. .. ., . , flooding. the actual club itself is a _ flooding. the actual club itself is a very _ flooding. the actual club itself is a very old - flooding. the actual club itself is a very old club i flooding. the actual club l itself is a very old club and proud club, but it's actually builtjust proud club, but it's actually built just on proud club, but it's actually builtjust on the edge of the floodplain in camden many years ago whenjohn macarthur made the township, it was on cowpasture road and that's why it's very, very low. when water comes over, itjust spreads. after the first two floods we became quite good at removing furniture and televisions and carpet and goodness knows what upstairs. the first and second fly we lost probably 200, $300,000 worth of equipment, so we become a bit wiser after the second flood.—

second flood. yes, and it is those experiences, - second flood. yes, and it is those experiences, i - second flood. yes, and it is i those experiences, i suppose, that prepares you for the next time this sort of thing happens but you get a sense, you've talked about the damage and cost already, this time around how much is damage costing you? with all the hard work that we, the directors and membership and community put in, we are probably looking at 20, 30, $40,000 worth of damage this time around but again, we have no power so there is no electricity, you can't really get a good bearing on the actual total damage until we can get the services back in but it's too dangerous to restore power at the moment. what i was almost over my head so a lot of the electricals went under. but yes, time will tell, but i think this time around the damage result is going to be far less for us, but still, catastrophic.

that was steve urquhart, director of the camden sports club, speaking to me a little earlier. sri lanka is on the brink of a humanitarian crisis, according to the united nations. many of its 22 million inhabitants are struggling to get enough to eat. fuel is running out and medicines are in desperately short supply. it's happening because the government has run out of hard currency to pay for imports, a situation many blame on economic mismanagement, made worse by the effects of the pandemic on tourism. rajini vaidya nathan reports. facing a fragile future. families in sri lanka are living in times of uncertainty. baby augustia was born prematurely, every day of her life marked by a worsening economic crisis. translation: we couldn't afford normal food when i i was pregnant. i couldn't even buy medicines. sometimes, we adjusted by eating one meal a day.

things are very expensive. hospitals across sri lanka are running out of medicines and equipment to treat patients. foreign currency to pay for essential imports is running low. you don't know how many times we cried, actually, because we were very upset to see some important medicines were lacking, and because of that, the patients' lives were in danger. we need more and more donations and we are completely dependent on donations for now. it's notjust medicines they're desperately in need of, but food. as this economic crisis continues to bite, they're turning to hand—outs. this community kitchen started just a month ago. now, it's serving hundreds. for many, it's the only meal they'll eat all day. translation: we're here because we're hungry. i i'm trying to feed my children.

my husband is a labourer. we cannot afford to live on his small salary. food prices went up by 80% injune. basic fruit and veg is becoming a luxury. normally, a market like this in colombo would be packed on a weekend afternoon. but traders here say that people can't afford the fuel to get here, nor can they afford the prices once they arrive. just to give you an idea, when i started covering this crisis in april, the price of a small apple like this had already tripled since the start of the year. now it's gone up by five times. so, this has become really expensive? it's forced maria to buy less on her weekly shop. the un says that more than two thirds of sri lankans have cut down on food since the start of the year. how bad could things get? we're trying to avoid a humanitarian crisis. we're not yet at children dying, which is good,

but we need to get the support very urgently to avoid that. these families in colombo, among those feeling this crisis most. the city's mayor says the capital could run out of food by september, warning that the worst is yet to come. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, colombo. let's turn to the farne islands of the north—east coast of england. it's home to several species of birds including puffins and kittiwakes and guillemots. but an outbreak of bird flu has been sweeping through the colonies and now the authorities have taken the unusual step of banning visitors from the tiny islands altogether to try to stop the virus spreading. 0ur correspondent, danny savage, reports. at this time of year, a visit to the farne islands is one of nature's wonders. 0utcrops which should be

teeming with bird life. not this year, though. look closer and you can see numerous dead chicks. it's believed bird flu is sweeping through the colony. i've never seen anything like it, it's horrible to see. it's when you get into the birds, you feel for the birds, it's terrible. you worry about next year. it's the first time in 30 years this has ever happened. seeing dead birds like this, and it's extreme numbers. nathan is one of the crew. over the last few weeks, he's taken pictures of the effects the virus is having. we've seen thousands of dead birds. we have just seen dead guillemots floating around like rafts and dotted around. it must be upsetting to see. it's awful, yes. the situation's got so serious here that they have had to close all of these islands to visitors, so no—one can go on here when you normally can. and it's easy to see with the birds so close together in their nests

on the cliffs how the virus sweeps through the colony. in recent weeks, bird flu has hit colonies like the isle of may and bass rock, just a few miles offshore in scotland. now its spread to the birds off the coast of northumberland, with confirmed cases on coquet island, and a suspected outbreak on the farnes. wardens and bird watchers have recorded distressing videos of affected species. 0n coquet island, they wear protective suits to pick up the dead. we need to think about a better co—ordinated carcass disposal, in essence, because we're very concerned about bird to bird transmission. that's particularly our issue, really. do you want government help with that? well, a national action plan to respond would be perfect. this outbreak is far from over. there is great concern about the next generation of seabirds. danny savage, bbc news.

before we go, i want to take your life to the scene of the story we have been telling you about this morning. in the past our police in the united states have said they've taken a suspect in the custody following the shooting at an independence day parade in a chicago suburb. as you can see there, what appears to be a scene with police inspecting a car, it's not clear who that car, it's not clear who that car belongs to, but we understand from what police have been seeing that they took the suspect into custody after a brief chase. 0fficers earlier identified a 22—year—old male as a person of interest and at least six people have been killed as a result of this attack today. more than 20, i remind you, have been injured when a gunman opened fire from a rooftop in highland park. according to some information we are receiving, police believe the rest of the man was

behind the attack and they have named him as robert e crimo iii. stay with bbc news for the latest. hello there. many of us were chasing cloud amounts around on monday, but the thickest cloud that brought some rain at times, well, that was reserved for the far north—west of scotland. let's take a look at this weather watcher picture from highland around lunchtime on monday. the best of the breaks in the cloud, the best of the sunshine and the warmth was in kent in the south—east — 24 celsius, 75 fahrenheit. and it looks likely that that weather pattern will stay with us for a few days. higher pressure is trying to build in from the southwest, toppling across the high, these weather fronts that will always continue to introduce a little bit more cloud and some showery outbreaks of rain as the afternoon continues into western scotland and northern ireland. the cloud thick enough for some misty, damp conditions across west facing coasts of wales and south—west england.

so, the best of the sunshine certainly further east, and that's where the best of the warmth will be once again. 23—24 degrees not out of the question in the south—east corner. that bodes well for wimbledon. i suspect it's going to be another day of fine, dry, sunny weather — very pleasant for both players and spectators. but it does mean where we've got the best of the sunshine, we're still looking at pretty high, if not very high pollen across the majority of england and wales and even into southern scotland as well. let's look further ahead. not that much in the way of change, in actual fact. this weather front will bring more significant rain on tuesday into wednesday, but it will also allow for some more warmth and more humidity to develop, particularly in the far south—east corner. so, we start to see those temperatures perhaps widely into the mid—20s, maybe eventually getting a little bit higher. there'll be some nuisance rain just clinging onto the far north—west of scotland, more cloud along those west facing coasts once again. england and wales

seeing the best of the sunshine and, again, the best of the warmth, so we can't rule out 24 or 25 degrees — that's 77 fahrenheit. we're almost stuck in repeat mode because as we move towards the end of the working week, that high pressure is still with us, still sitting out to the south—west, so it shouldn't get too extremely hot. but we still have the risk of weather fronts toppling across that high and still producing the risk of more cloud in the north, but at the same time, temperatures are likely to peak into the high 20s, and there's a lot of dry weather to look out for. take care. the world. education is the only solution.

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